Guides
Telling Your Employer About Pregnancy and AdoptionTelling your employer you are pregnant and placing for adoption can feel like one enormous disclosure. In Australia, you can handle it as separate matters:…
Caring for yourself through an adoption decisionAn adoption decision can affect sleep, finances, relationships and a person’s sense of identity. Self-care during this period is practical rather than…
Building a relationship with the adoptive family before birthThinking about how to build a relationship with your baby’s adoptive family before birth can bring reassurance, but it should never feel like pressure. Some…
What Happens to the Baby’s Last Name After Adoption in Florida?When an adoption is finalised in Florida, the baby’s legal surname is generally established by the final adoption order rather than by an automatic rule based…
Preparing a resume while pregnant and considering adoptionPregnancy and the possibility of adoption can make an ordinary job search feel unexpectedly exposing. You may need to update your work history while also…
The ethics of adoption: protecting birth mothersEthical safeguards in adoption begin with a simple principle: a pregnant woman or birth mother must make a free, informed decision, supported rather than…
What to do if you are homeless and pregnantPregnancy can turn unstable housing into an urgent medical and safety problem. In Australia, homelessness may include couch surfing, staying in a car, camping,…
Finding Emotional Support for Birth Mothers in FloridaChoosing adoption can bring relief, grief, uncertainty, love and many other feelings at once. Birth mothers may want to speak with people who understand…
Understanding Florida’s child welfare role in adoptionFor Australian readers, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) can seem difficult to place within the adoption process. It is a state government…
How to Write a Positive Adoption Story for Your Child’s FutureAn adoption story can become an important part of a child’s identity. Written with care, it can explain where they came from, who loved them, why decisions…